List Mgmt. 2018 Trade, Free Agency & Draft Thread MK 3 [JP✔️ JPII✔️ Hall✔️ BScott✔️ Tyson✔️ Clarke➡️ Preuss➡️]

[giantroo]

What did the tweet say?

He was an Eagle, but the link was broken.

 

[Tas]

What did the tweet say?

That Gaff had re-signed.

 

[gokangas]

He was an Eagle, but the link was broken.

I'm confused - was or is? Whats the context?

 

[Hazey1977]

Interesting that the tweet has been deleted as has the article.

What was it about?

 

[Snake_Baker]

 

[giantroo]

I'm confused - was or is? Whats the context?

Sorry, that he had re-signed.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

 

[Tas]

What was it about?

About Gaff re-signing.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Reagan Smash]

What a choad A Gaff is.

**** him !

 

[see see]

Plenty of condescension in it still.

Yeah, definitely a "good on little North for trying" undertone to it.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Why'd they pull the tweet?

 

[giantroo]

Why'd they pull the tweet?

The link in the tweet was broken. But they haven't replaced it. No articles on the website/facebook either.

 

[Roosurgence]

Silver lining people.

Do you really want to be paying $1M plus to a guy that has been to have said he was taking our offer only to reneg at the last minute?

Not sure this is the type of character that you want to be investing that heavily in.

The guy can play, but has come across as very non-commital and indecisive. Not someone who you want to be your highest paid player.

 

[Val Keating]

Turns out Gaff is just as soft off field as he is on field

squashface liked this so even the Weagles supporters agree he’s soft. Imagine how mad we’d be if one of our own players hung us out like that.

 

[hiddink]

Posting here doesn’t have to be negative

I don’t get coming here for 11 years through everything that’s happened and saying very little

Each to their own

Probably just a mirror of society I guess. You have talkers and non-talkers.

What’s defined as ‘very little’ for you?


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[chrissy]

I can't help thinking the time spent on the Gaff saga has cost us having a shot at someone else , if Gaff indicated to North he was coming plan B would of been thrown out and some blokes chopped from our list . Players along with the PA pushed for free agency in their words for "more player movement " , truth is its just for the ability to push their own club to fork out more .
Gaff isn't the missing link in our success , it is 2% more desire , hunger , killer instinct , go in when its your turn and apply pressure even if you can't get to the contest . For us the members and fans , join up , turn up and make some noise .
Im 43 and seen the highs and some of the lows , Premierships is what we want for the club and us . I would rather nothing more than to high 5 , hug and party for days with all of you and everybody else would bleed blue and white .

 

[Firestarter]

Silver lining people.

Do you really want to be paying $1M plus to a guy that has been to have said he was taking our offer only to reneg at the last minute?

Not sure this is the type of character that you want to be investing that heavily in.

The guy can play, but has come across as very non-commital and indecisive. Not someone who you want to be your highest paid player.

We tried thinking similar about Dustin. Didn't work out.

 

[blackshadow]

So if all the mail is true he has reneged on a deal he made personally with the head coach of our club

...what a dick

My mail is he met with North again on Wednesday and was still committed to coming. That was the catalyst for the announcements re our players.

Eagles sweetened the deal and he back flipped. Not sure what if any other factors are in play for the back flip.

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[DarkPhoenix]

Nick Bowen:

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-07/analysis-gaff-gone-but-roos-wont-give-up

NORTH Melbourne won't be deterred in its bid to land a rival midfield star in the wake of its near-miss with West Coast free agent Andrew Gaff.

The Roos jostled their way in front of five other Victorian clubs circling Gaff to be the Eagle's clear-cut preference if he chose to return to his home state.

They came similarly close to luring Dustin Martin and Josh Kelly to Arden St last year too.

But a near-miss is still a miss in the cut-throat AFL, so the predictable response of many will be that North's inability to land a big fish has again been exposed.

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North's missed targets recently have included Adam Treloar, Dan Hannebery, Isaac Heeney and Jordan De Goey.

Of all the players mentioned above, only Treloar left to go to a rival club.

Although Gaff was the Roos' undoubted No.1 target this year, the pending acquisition of Jared Polec will help ease their disappointment, while Aaron Hall also shapes as a handy midfield acquisition.

It's also understood North has a 'Plan B' that will be activated now.

They have for some time been eyeing another opposition midfielder in the event they missed out on Gaff.

TRADE TRACKER See every move as it happens

But with so little time left before the NAB AFL Trade Period ends on October 17, and with their 2018 first-round pick already committed to Port Adelaide in the Polec trade, the Roos realise they have their work cut out for them.

If this late bid fails, North won't fret. It will simply load up again next year.

Its No.1 target then will be GWS star Kelly.

Even if the Roos had landed Gaff, they had been at pains to ensure they retained enough salary cap space to make a serious bid for Kelly when he came out of contract in 2019.

Now they have retained the $8 million or so they had set aside for Gaff over the next seven years, North can prepare an offer for Kelly that would make him the AFL's highest-paid player.

WHO'S LEAVING YOUR CLUB? All the latest retirements and delistings

Winning Kelly's signature, however, won't be easy.

Most other Victorian clubs will be just as keen to lure him home, while the Giants will fight tooth and nail to keep him.

As much as Greater Western Sydney's preparedness to consider trades for Dylan Shiel, Rory Lobb, Will Setterfield and Jeremy Finlayson is about easing its salary cap squeeze, it's also designed to create the room it needs to re-sign the host of star Giants coming out of contract at the end of next season. Kelly, Stephen Coniglio and Nick Haynes head that list.

Not that any of this will deter North.

It's not about to lower its sights on the back of missing Gaff. It's not about to die wondering.

 

[shinboner magic]

Hope you like freo fans ripping into you - you indecisive mentally soft campaigner.

And criticizing the club, honestly, I think it's a little unfair. We're all a bit pissed off and emotional at the moment, I get that.

I'm immensely deflated and take the opposition cheap shots as personally as you do.

My impression is we did absolutely everything we could and sometimes in life that is just not enough. You will fall short.

This club will not lay down for anyone or anything. We go back to work tomorrow.

Our players spent all off-season burning at last year's events and I doubt they'll take this lying down either.

After last years letdowns - I think it would of been a good idea to wait till he was signed up before doing the other re-signings.

 

[Junk yard]

Silver lining people.

Do you really want to be paying $1M plus to a guy that has been to have said he was taking our offer only to reneg at the last minute?

Not sure this is the type of character that you want to be investing that heavily in.

The guy can play, but has come across as very non-commital and indecisive. Not someone who you want to be your highest paid player.

King hits kids, should be lining up for casurina.

 

[shinboner magic]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-07/analysis-gaff-gone-but-roos-wont-give-up

NORTH Melbourne won't be deterred in its bid to land a rival midfield star in the wake of its near-miss with West Coast free agent Andrew Gaff.

The Roos jostled their way in front of five other Victorian clubs circling Gaff to be the Eagle's clear-cut preference if he chose to return to his home state.

They came similarly close to luring Dustin Martin and Josh Kelly to Arden St last year too.

But a near-miss is still a miss in the cut-throat AFL, so the predictable response of many will be that North's inability to land a big fish has again been exposed.

NAB AFL TRADE HUB Latest news, videos and live blog

North's missed targets recently have included Adam Treloar, Dan Hannebery, Isaac Heeney and Jordan De Goey.

Of all the players mentioned above, only Treloar left to go to a rival club.

Although Gaff was the Roos' undoubted No.1 target this year, the pending acquisition of Jared Polec will help ease their disappointment, while Aaron Hall also shapes as a handy midfield acquisition.

It's also understood North has a 'Plan B' that will be activated now.

They have for some time been eyeing another opposition midfielder in the event they missed out on Gaff.

TRADE TRACKER See every move as it happens

But with so little time left before the NAB AFL Trade Period ends on October 17, and with their 2018 first-round pick already committed to Port Adelaide in the Polec trade, the Roos realise they have their work cut out for them.

If this late bid fails, North won't fret. It will simply load up again next year.

Its No.1 target then will be GWS star Kelly.

Even if the Roos had landed Gaff, they had been at pains to ensure they retained enough salary cap space to make a serious bid for Kelly when he came out of contract in 2019.

Now they have retained the $8 million or so they had set aside for Gaff over the next seven years, North can prepare an offer for Kelly that would make him the AFL's highest-paid player.

WHO'S LEAVING YOUR CLUB? All the latest retirements and delistings

Winning Kelly's signature, however, won't be easy.

Most other Victorian clubs will be just as keen to lure him home, while the Giants will fight tooth and nail to keep him.

As much as Greater Western Sydney's preparedness to consider trades for Dylan Shiel, Rory Lobb, Will Setterfield and Jeremy Finlayson is about easing its salary cap squeeze, it's also designed to create the room it needs to re-sign the host of star Giants coming out of contract at the end of next season. Kelly, Stephen Coniglio and Nick Haynes head that list.

Not that any of this will deter North.

It's not about to lower its sights on the back of missing Gaff. It's not about to die wondering.

Plan B - has Hrovat got a brother

 

[Mordecai]

Does hurt a bit. Was a free swing to fill cap space. Tom Scully isn't a free agent is he? Any plan B needs to be a FA.

 

[ep2018]

Eagles sweetened the deal and he back flipped. Not sure what if any other factors are in play for the back flip.

Someone on our board claiming they have taken several media commitments from Nicnat and given them to Gaff for some extra $$$.